Ex-FTC Commissioner: Anyone Loudly Warning of AI-Caused Human Extinction Shouldn't Be Taken Seriously
ambaonadventure · x · 2026-09-13
Reposted thread by former FTC commissioner Terrell Bedoya (@BedoyaUSA): (1) AI will not eradicate humanity — humans survived an ice age, the Black Death, two world wars and nuclear weapons, so loud AI-extinctionists shouldn't be taken seriously; (2) a company anticipating even a 10% chance its product kills ten people would face horror, shutdown and police — so AI employees who claim their product may kill all humans yet keep working and IPO-ing betray their actual beliefs; (3) antitrust law doesn't prevent AI companies from coordinating to keep AI from hurting people.
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